Labs at-a-Glance: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Quick Facts

  • Location: Menlo Park, California
  • 426 acres and 151 buildings
  • 1,684 Full Time Employees
  • 124 Students
  • 3,411 Facility Users
  • 31 Visiting Scientists

Core Capabilities

  • Particle Physics
  • Accelerator Science and Technology
  • Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science
  • Chemical and Molecular Science
  • Large Scale User Facilities / Advanced Instrumentation

Office of Science User Facilities

  • Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL)
  • Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
  • Facility for Advanced Accelerator Experimental Tests (FACET)

Recent Annual Funding by Source (Costs in $M)

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - FY2014 Funding by Source (Costs in $ million): ASCR, $0.273; BER, $4.630; BES, $223.549; FES, $3.943; HEP, $82.094; NP, $0.059; Other SC, $52.854; EERE, $1.971; EM, $0.665; NE, $0.006; NNSA, $1.292; WFO, $12.272. 

DHS = Department of Homeland Security
EERE = DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
EM = DOE Office of Environmental Management
NE = DOE Office of Nuclear Energy
NNSA = National Nuclear Security Administration
WFO = Work for Others

Office of Science (SC) Programs:

ASCR = Advanced Scientific Research Computing
BES = Basic Energy Sciences
BER = Biological and Environmental Research
FES = Fusion Energy Sciences
HEP = High Energy Physics
NP = Nuclear Physics

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